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6.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: Two university students, Gerardo and Jonás, meet on campus and fall passionately in love. They enjoy a blissful romance until Jonás becomes obsessed with another boy and drives Gerardo into the arms of Sérgio. The young men become entangled in a hypnotic dance of love, longing, rejection, validation, and sexual expression. (Strand Releasing)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    Don't be put off: Hernandez's exquisite romance works on an emotional, as well as intellectual, level.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Nathan Lee
    50
    Mr. Hernández doesn't always grab what he's reaching for -- his talent soars untethered by discipline -- but the thrust of his effort lights up the sky.
  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Deborah Young
    30
    Though the bold treatment of homoerotic love in Mexican helmer Julian Hernandez's feature bow Broken Sky is sure to grab attention, it doesn't take long before the picture's torturously slow pace turns an earnest effort into a tedious aesthetic exercise.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Ted
    10
    A beautiful, heartbreaking love story with amazing color camerawork. Julien Hernandez really captures what it's like to ache with love. Critic Amond White called this the best film of 2006. I couldn't agree more. Fantastic. Very much worth seeing.… Expand
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  2. RicardoR.
    10
    A very powerful view on romanticism. The film is so artful, so detailed. Julian Hernandez easily adds to the amazing list of new Mexican directors currently delivering masterpiece after masterpiece. From Cuaron, Del Toro, Reygadas or Inarritu. Hernandez is able to capture these characters like no one can. Probably the best film I've seen this year after The Departed.… Expand
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  3. MarcusJ.
    3
    A valiant effort, no doubt. Jonas & Gerardo have a very passionate romance that just fizzles. And when it does, so does the movie. All and all the actors did a great job. When the dialogue is cut to minimal levels, they have so much more to do and they all seemed to pull it off. But I was annoyed by the length of the film, the plot which veered off course a few times, and the camera shots which spun around constantly. And without dialogue, we really needed to see the expressions on the characters' faces, which were hard sometimes because of too many poorly lit scenes. Overall, it was an okay story that seems to have been produced by someone who was trying too hard to prove that he isn't from Hollywood.… Expand
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